Browsing by Author "Tisnado, Jim"

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  • A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place 

    McLelland, Heather L
    This body of work, A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place, is comprised of points along my timeline that embody the way I have come to connect with people face to face. I realized these connections are important for ...

  • Ceramic Creation and Carving: Manual Dexterity for Pre-Health Students 

    Everingham, Hope Lynn (East Carolina University, 2023-04-25)
    Since I was a child, I have loved art and design. I saw that the dental field calls for detail-oriented and caring providers, so I chose a pre-health concentration. Manual dexterity skills are necessary in health professions ...

  • CRENULATION & TENTACULARITY: An exploration of ceramics as a tool for communicating marine conservation topics 

    Beblo, Julienne (East Carolina University, 2022-05-02)
    The ocean is a fascinating, three-dimensional environment that contains diverse organisms and unique interactions. It is also a common source of inspiration for aesthetics. Unfortunately, marine ecosystems have been ...

  • Flourishing Hope 

    Hutti, Patrick Stephen (East Carolina University, 2016-12-15)
    Flourishing Hope displays the strength of positivity within the human spirit using floral-based ceramic sculptures. The work is assembled out of various ceramic bulbs, shoots, and blooms, all of which are fragile and push ...

  • Into the Fire! 

    Breitinger, Rachel Leah (East Carolina University, 2022-05-06)
    I don’t know what the future holds for me. I don’t know where I‘m headed, what I will do, or even what I want out of this life. My life, much like my artwork, is highly influenced by my setting and by those surrounding me. ...

  • Recollection 

    Hargroder, Lacey M (East Carolina University, 2019-11-27)
    The purpose of this written report of my thesis is to discuss the visual installation presented in partial fulfillment of my Master of Fine Arts degree. The components of the visual work explore the role and impact of ...

  • Reintegrating Fractured Memory: An Artistic Installation that Synthesizes Contemporary Psychology and Shamanic Healing Practices 

    Swan, Lindsay D (East Carolina University, 2023-07-18)
    Creating art therapeutically can help cope with stress, work through traumatic experiences, facilitate memory recollection, and increase self-awareness. The thesis installation presented in this paper represents the use ...

  • Scurry 

    Shultz, Ronson (East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)
    There has been a shift in the politics in America with many voters moving into a post-truth society. Where debates, laws and policies are framed by appealing to emotions, rather than facts. This political movement, also ...

  • The Art of Provisionalism 

    Carter, Robin (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
    Art is in itself meaningless; the significant thing to consider is the social formation and how it is reproduced. If an artwork is assigned a value, it is due to the iterative ability of the subjects involved. The most ...

  • The Importance of Duck Hunting: Making Connections 

    Johnson, Madison (East Carolina University, 2022-04-21)
    My work shines a light on the values of hunt-to-table while also showing the many connections made. Hunting is knowing where your meat comes from, the importance of local, sustainable, and ecologically conscious meat, and ...

  • Vessels For Growth 

    Silinsky, Karen H. (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This written report supports the creative thesis entitled Vessels of Growth. My  work in clay and mixed media references southern culture with particular interest in the tobacco barns and buildings of the southern landscape ...

  • Wood-Firing in America : Wood-Fired Utilitarian Ware for Serving Japanese and American Food 

    Ishimaru, Yu (East Carolina University, 2011)
    In this body of work, my focus is on the surface and color of wood-fired ergonomic utilitarian ware. The natural-ash glazed surface and soft color changes from the atmospheric nature of wood firing are the principle aim ...

  • Untitled 

    Bradsher, Jessica (East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)
    I believe in the practice of empathy. Einfühlung is the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another and is the inspiration for this thesis exhibition. My work elicits emotion through sculptural representations of ...